{"id":1425,"date":"2023-07-19T13:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenlightsports.com\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:59:34","slug":"the-podium-that-just-got-away-for-josh-skelton-at-paul-ricard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlightsports.com\/the-podium-that-just-got-away-for-josh-skelton-at-paul-ricard\/","title":{"rendered":"The podium that just got away for Josh Skelton at Paul Ricard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The podium that just got away for Josh Skelton at Paul Ricard<\/h1>

Josh Skelton got the third round of his Michelin Le Mans\u00a0Cup campaign underway at Paul Ricard in the South of France last weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After two busy days of testing\u00a0Josh\u00a0and teammate Tony Wells, both had great pace heading into the weekend. It\u00a0would be over to Wells for the all-bronze qualifying, where in a busy session, he managed to set down the sixth best\u00a0lap\u00a0time,\u00a0which\u00a0put\u00a0the duo\u00a0in contention for\u00a0the\u00a0late afternoon contest.<\/span>
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\nAs the race got underway Wells\u00a0took the car to the\u00a050-minute\u00a0mark\u00a0and ran in the top five at stages\u00a0before\u00a0handing\u00a0over to Josh in sixth for the remaining hour of the race. The driver from Cumbria had a great opening to his stint, making up two places very early on and\u00a0sat\u00a0comfortably\u00a0in fourth, whilst challenging the DKR Engineering car\u00a0ahead\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0place\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0podium.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately,\u00a0an unscheduled pit\u00a0stop\u00a0due to\u00a0a mechanical\u00a0fault\u00a0put the\u00a0#7 Nielsen Racing machine\u00a0out\u00a0of contention. Josh will\u00a0be\u00a0next\u00a0be\u00a0on track\u00a0for fourth round of the series at\u00a0Motorland\u00a0Aragon\u00a0Circuit\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0of August.<\/span><\/p>\n

Josh Commented,<\/strong>\u201cI\u00a0was\u00a0really\u00a0looking\u00a0forward\u00a0to\u00a0getting\u00a0started\u00a0at\u00a0Paul\u00a0Ricard\u00a0as\u00a0it\u00a0is always\u00a0a\u00a0circuit\u00a0that\u00a0I\u00a0have\u00a0got\u00a0onvery\u00a0well\u00a0with,\u00a0and\u00a0showed\u00a0great\u00a0pace\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0years.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The weekend started very\u00a0strong, with the\u00a0test going well and\u00a0I felt confident\u00a0within\u00a0the\u00a0car.\u00a0I\u00a0really\u00a0wanted\u00a0to\u00a0turn\u00a0our\u00a0luck\u00a0around\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0start\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0season, and\u00a0get the\u00a0result\u00a0that\u00a0we\u00a0deserved.<\/p>\n

\u201cTony had a\u00a0decent qualifying which put us in a fighting chance of a podium.\u00a0\u00a0After\u00a0a\u00a0great\u00a0start\u00a0he\u00a0took\u00a0us\u00a0up\u00a0to fourth,\u00a0but\u00a0through\u00a0the\u00a0stint dropped back to our starting place in sixth. I knew we could race from here and\u00a0achieve\u00a0a\u00a0great\u00a0result and\u00a0had my\u00a0eyes\u00a0set\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0podium.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I jumped in the car I quickly managed to get us up to fourth again, and subsequently got\u00a0involved in\u00a0an\u00a0intense\u00a0battle\u00a0for the last spot on the podium.\u00a0Unfortunately\u00a0an\u00a0issue\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0car\u00a0meant we\u00a0had\u00a0to\u00a0pit, and our possible race for the podium was sadly gone. However we keep our heads up\u00a0and\u00a0keep\u00a0pushing\u00a0for\u00a0the result\u00a0we\u00a0deserve.\u00a0A\u00a0big\u00a0thank\u00a0you\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0whole\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Nielsen\u00a0Racing\u00a0crew, onto the\u00a0next one!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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